To configure a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) sparse mode provider tunnel for a multicast VPN, include the pim-asm statement:
-
pim-asm {
- group-address address;
- }
You can include this statement at the following hierarchy levels:
To complete the PIM sparse mode provider tunnel configuration, you also need to specify the group address using the group-address option. The source address for a PIM sparse mode provider tunnel is set to the loopback address of the loopback interface in the inet.0 routing table.